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Screening off the area, hanging out scary objects or enclosing the nest will likely deter the mourning doves from building a nest.
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Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
The coos of a mourning dove float in on the breeze.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
Among the likely birds in Sacramento: house finch, mourning dove, crow, cedar waxwing, scrub jay, mockingbird, sparrow, goldfinch, junco and woodpecker.
—Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Some of these, like the mourning dove, acted as non-learning controls.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2023
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Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
The coos of a mourning dove float in on the breeze.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
Among the likely birds in Sacramento: house finch, mourning dove, crow, cedar waxwing, scrub jay, mockingbird, sparrow, goldfinch, junco and woodpecker.
—Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Some of these, like the mourning dove, acted as non-learning controls.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2023
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“Mourning dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mourning%20dove. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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